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Illya Chichkan and Mihara Yasuhiro to represent Ukraine at the 53rd International Art Exposition, 2009 Venice Biennale

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine and the PinchukArtCentre are pleased to announce that Illya Chichkan (Ukraine) and Mihara Yasuhiro (Japan) will be representing Ukraine at the 53rd Venice Biennale with the exhibition entitled Steppes of Dreamers

Yalta European Strategy (YES) Hosts a Working Lunch in Brussels on Countering the Current Financial and Economic Crisis Faced by Ukraine

At the occasion of the Brussels Forum, on March 18, 2009, Yalta European Strategy (YES) hosted a working lunch on the current financial and economic crisis faced by Ukraine and its impact on Ukraine and the rest of Europe.

Damien Hirst Requiem at the PinchukArtCentre in Ukraine

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) is pleased to announce Requiem, a major retrospective of over 100 works dating from 1990 to 2008, by Damien Hirst. Requiem opens on 25th April and continues through 20th September 2009

Over half a million people visited the PinchukArtCentre

This figure was recorded during the exhibition of the British artist Sam Taylor-Wood and group project of the contemporary Russian artists 21 RUSSIA. The exposition ended on 1 March 2009.

Names of 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize have been announced

On 25 February 2009 the names of the 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists, have been announced.

Damien Hirst donated his painting to the Cradles of Hope Programme implemented in Ukraine by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation

The £300 000 proceeds from selling the «Dark Days» by Damien Hirst will be handed over to the Cradles of Hope, a programme developed by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and aimed at providing aid to newborns in Ukraine.

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Infrastructure development, education, regulatory policy and ecology must become Ukraine’s priorities

As an outcome of the crisis the economic policies of the most counties will shift towards the toughening of regulatory mechanisms, said at the 5th Davos Ukrainian Lunch by Thomas Friedman, one of the top futurologists of the present-day.

Europe needs a common policy in the field of energy security - participants of the Ukrainian lunch in Davos

Participants of the 5th Davos Ukrainian Lunch organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the international investment advisory group EastOne discussed energy security issues of Ukraine and Europe.